- Sexual Orientation is not a choice
- Justin Lee, founder of GCN (Gay Christian Network) recently blogged (Crumbs from the Communion Table, http://gcnjustin.tumblr.com/) about a survey that GCN did with students from 20 different American Colleges and Universities. 64% of the students believed that being gay is a choice. Is being gay a choice?
- NO, it isn't. It is genetic trait much like hair color or race. How do I know this? I was born this way. I remember having an attraction to males in my early teen years. I have read the testimonies of many who feel the same way as I do. Because some say that they have changed does not apply to all of us. If it were a choice, why can't a heterosexual change their orientation? Yes, some people practice both orientations but not all do.
- Doesn't the Bible Condemn Homosexuality?
- The Clobber passages (Genesis 1:26-28, Genesis 19:4-5, Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1, I Corinthians 6:9-10, and I Timothy 1:9-10) are used to condemn sexual orientation. There is so much written about the passages called "clobber passages". I will not address them in this blog, but remember the Bible is written in a specific time about specific events so not all events apply or are general principles for living.
- Matthew 19:11,12 shows the acceptance of God for the undesirables of the law i.e. eunuchs.
- Eunuchs represented those who could not produce children.
- Levitical law had five classes of clean and unclean persons. Eunuchs, women who were barren, same sex orientation, and hermaphrodites are a group who were an abomination because they could not produce children. The word abomination means "unclean"
- Isaiah prophesied the day would come when the eunuchs would be welcomed into the house of God.
- Jesus declared it by declaring that some are born as eunuchs and some are made that way by others. Men and women who cannot have children are no longer considered as unclean or abomination. As person who has a sexual orientation for same sex, I am included also.
- In Galatians 5, Paul warns don't get entangled by the law, for you are now free
- .sexual immorality, impurity, and lustful pleasures are listed as sins.
- There is no distinction between heterosexual and homosexual sex here. The key words are sex, lust, and impure.
- Not all sexual acts are pure for they come from selfishness acts that do not lead to love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
- Not all same sex or gay persons are at the bar every night looking for a hookup.
- Not all gay persons make sex their way of life.
- Gay persons can and many are capable of having wholesome, healthy relationships with someone of the same sex.
- Not all healthy Gay relationships are based on Christian principles nor are all gay persons Christian.
- There are some are persons who are Christians that happen to be gay. That is me
- Why do I have to make this public?
- "Coming Out" is not about sex or me wanting to push my lifestyle on anyone, it is me identifying as someone with a different sexual orientation than the majority who wants the acceptance of society to be me.
- Allow me to have pictures of my partner/spouse on my desk at work. Allow me to show affection in public.
- Allow me to decide if I want a partner/spouse and give me the right to marry that person.
- Allow me the right to choose if I will have sex or I will be celibate.
- When my mother asked me if I was gay and replied yes, she asked me to never parade in the streets and flaunt it like some but be honest to yourself and to others about who you are.
I pray that my life will be an open book for all to read, to see the struggles, the good and the bad. I am not ashamed of the Gospel for it is the power of God unto Salvation.
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